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A brilliant and outragously funny satire of society, 7 December 1999
Author: Dave Joerg ([email protected])
"Flodder" is one of the funniest movies ever made and few people realise that it is a Dutch movie made by none other than the Holland version of John Carpenter, the famous Dick Maas, author and director of the thriller "Amsterdamned". The Flodder family is the reincarnation of the term a-social. When the whole family bunch, basically all bastards, criminals and sluts must be relocated from their City slum because of toxic waste under their house, the city council house no choice. The only available space is in the "Zoendal" - the "Sun Valley" the best area in Amsterdam where all doctors, snobs and businessmen can afford to live their lives. And where the central point of interest and politics is the tennis club of the community. The Flodder family brings devastation to the tranquil world that ruled before. They are simply unbelievable. The characterisation is incredibly funny, beginning with Ma Flodder who searches other people's trash cans for food or making illegal liquor in her cellar and ending with the eldest daughter who is the biggest slut on earth. Together they make the most horrible family imaginable, a sort of immoral mirror image to the Brady Bunch or the Waltons. When the City counsel of Amsterdam hoped that the Flodders would show their good will to be more civilised in their new area, it turns out that Holland's most famous family would rather bring out the worst in the rich people of "Sun Valley"-wonderland. The rest is a hilarious, brilliant and well made social satire that can be watched as a provocative movie as well as a straightforward comedy. Dick Maas at his best. I salute him! Flooder was the Dutch smash hit in 1986 and brought two sequels and a tv series. All of the sequels were nice but not as great as the original.
Flodders (1986) is available on DVD in Germany in a dubbed German version in Dolby Digital 5.1. under the name:
"Flodders -Eine Familie zum knutschen"
Why is First Floor Features, the producer of the movie not bringing the Dick Maas blockbusters out on DVD in the Netherlands, I wonder. The are not even available on video there. These movies have so much potential, still to this day and have a huge silent but true following.
6.5/ 恋爱脑女主 冲动小白脸男主 尬的不行的trans 白男核心的身份认同 是时代的肤浅缩影 新瓶旧酒似乎也没在新时代给人更多的印象与思考
A. 虽然仍有硬伤（例如Ansel Elgort呆若木鸡的演技），但这真是在技术层面近乎完美地展现musical魔力的电影啊！无论剧作还是调度，都在为略显陈旧的原版注入蓬勃的活力，几场ensemble戏的处理繁复顺滑到让人惊叹。如何让编舞和镜头各自运动又彼此互动，为感染力做乘法而非加法，或许正是音乐剧电影化成功与否的关键，而请问还有什么，能比坐在IMAX厅看斯皮尔伯格炫技般的满分答卷更舒服的事呢？2021.12.12 Pathé Quai d'Ivry
老斯是自己过自己的日子与世无争了，除了技法高光，其他的聊胜于无。
都说情节太平淡没有波澜起伏，个人觉得这种生活就是平淡的，像温水煮青蛙一样，像不知道何时会开枪的子弹一样。
莎士比亚至少还有城邦大公主持公道
是这个故事的男女主角本身就没魅力可言，还是说演员没选好？两版看下来，都是配角比主角有戏，两主角行尸走肉一样，就这样女主角还拿了金球奖？倒是这一版的美术和摄影颇美，America那一段更是比61版还要燃。
好看的部分（20分钟左右）是歌舞片教科书级别unbelievable得好看，其他难看的部分，真的也unbelievable得难看。
但这新瓶装旧酒只停留在了“装了就行”，也不考虑加入一些深处这时代的思考和变化，原版怎么来，这版还怎么来。
156分钟全程无法入戏，或许是电影的歌舞升平与现实的悲惨世界格格不入，或许是电影的主旋律zz正确与现实的种族撕裂相去甚远，又或许单纯是作为歌舞片缺乏入耳的旋律和养眼的俊男美女，女主的颜值只要close-up马上有fast-forward的冲动。作为没有看过经典老版作对比的观众只能欣赏史匹堡在大场面舞蹈中的镜头和调度，这样的欣赏价值似乎远远不够。
其实我不太想再看一版西区故事，但考虑到他是斯皮尔伯格，还是得看一看。斯导的镜头和调度没得说，能够漂亮地重现一些经典场面。
喜欢编舞，是我心目中西区故事的模样。男主啥东西，这里还可以通过唱唱歌掩盖一下拙劣的演技，tokyo vice里面就完全不能看了。
几年前看老版的时候不觉得，新版真的看得我坐立难安，几乎要半途离场。一开始以为是文戏节奏太慢，后来发现是男主完全miscast，毫无混混头子气质，演技颜值形体唱功全部掉线，一开口斯老爷子费尽心思渲染的气氛就凉了一半。到最后被女主的三观气到不能自已，进而发现全片没有一个人三观正常。除了加剧的种族分裂，这个故事人物相对于这个时代太失真了，这样的翻拍真的毫无意义
他/她们在对话的同时在歌唱，他/她们在斗争的同时在舞蹈，他/她们在享受激情的同时在承受苦难，多么的理所当然却又难以置信！正如歌舞片的《西区故事》是电影的同时是一首音乐，是一场舞蹈一样。斯皮尔伯格让观众重回古典好莱坞，并让人们再一次确信，电影必须是关于爱的艺术。
观众对《西区故事》的小混混斗殴太熟悉了，歌曲也太熟悉了。老斯皮尔伯格选择翻拍熟悉，注定是个吃力不讨好的事情。不求有功但求无过肯定不是世界名导的风格，也失去其翻拍的意义。但老头子确实没拍出新鲜东西，中规中矩能拿到一个奥斯卡提名也是上限了。
斯皮尔伯格就是那种永远不会出错的导演，确实是好莱坞电影教科书，但也难免就……没意思……
篮球场斗舞，居然还是交际舞，虽然调度复杂但感受不到意义何在
America，这段舞蹈，全片精华之精华，其他部分随便糊弄都无所谓啦，最佳女配果然不是盖的。女主也不错值得看
斯皮尔伯格的任性之作，估计除了他没有任何电影公司会为这个赔本买卖买单，翻拍了一部不属于这个时代的电影，男女主角毫无魅力，剧情也十分拖沓，略失望
这也是新版《西区故事》做得出色的地方，无论调度还是大段的歌舞场面，都拍出了新时代的风貌，斯皮尔伯格的功力还是一如既往的稳定。
“你们不要打了啦”，这类时代特征很强的类型片，单纯的翻拍很难逃脱新瓶旧酒但乏善可陈的命运。
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